The Bolshevik Party in Revolution 1917-1923 by Robert ServiceReview by: John C. CampbellForeign Affairs, Vol. 58, No. 1 (Fall, 1979), p. 199Published by: Council on Foreign RelationsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20040385 .

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